Mathisen, a high-school catcher from Texas, signed his pick’s exact designated slot value ($746,300), so the Pirates didn’t save or lose any allotted money in their pool for the first ten rounds. He will head to Bradenton to play in the Gulf Coast League.

There still hasn’t been any word on Mark Appel, but his season came to a close this weekend as Stanford fell to Florida State in the super regionals. Even though he’s done, don’t get your hopes up for any news until we reach July.

There will be one Pirates draft pick in the College World Series, though. Kent State senior Jimmy Rider, a senior infielder from Peters Township and the Pirates’ 26th round pick, hit a bloop walkoff double to send the underdog Golden Flashes to Omaha over the heavily favored Oregon Ducks. Good for him.